Free Blind Timer

Run your home games like a pro!

This Home Poker blind timer is a free program for anyone who wants to arrange a smooth running poker tournament. You won’t have to borrow your mum’s egg clock anymore, or rely on your colleague’s waterproof chronometer - which will disappear when its owner is eliminated in the second level. Home Game Organizer runs on any PC. Just download it and enjoy!

Simply fill out the form at the bottom of this page to receive your free poker tournament blinds timer.

Check out some of the details on this free blind timer below.

• small blind / big blind amounts
• time in current level
• time remaining in current level
• total tournament time
• current blind level
• next blind level amounts
• total number of players entered
• number of players remaining
• number of re-buys
• number of add-ons
• average stack amount
• total chips in play
• total prize pool
• payout structure (based on % that you entered )
• time till break

Below is a screen shot of the poker tournament blind timer.

Below is a screen shot of the control panel for the poker timer clock.

It’s really simple to get your free poker timer. Just fill out the form below and you will automatically be set the details to your free poker blind timer. Just remember to check your email after signing up. You will be sent an email address confirmation. This is to check that it is a real email address and to avoid our servers being loaded with spam.

Some of the unique features of this free poker timer:

Creating a tournament

• Start Home Game Timer from the Start Menu.
• Click on Create to create a tournament from scratch or
• Select a tournament in the list and click on Copy to create a new, similar tournament.
• Change the settings to suit your requirements. All settings are described under Tournament settings.
• Click Save. The tournament is added in the list.

Editing a tournament

To edit an existing tournament, select it in the list and click Edit. Change the settings to suit your requirements. All settings are described under Tournament settings. If you want to change a tournament while keeping the old one, copy the existing tournament by selecting it in the list and clicking Copy. Then edit the copy by clicking Edit and changing the settings.

Running a tournament

• Start Home Game timer from the Start Menu.
• Select a tournament in the list.
• Click on Start Tournament.
• The clock gets ready to run.
• To start the tournament, click on Start/Pause buttons (see button description below). The tournament starts. Remove eliminated players, register re-buys, and so on with the buttons as described under Button descriptions.
• If you need to edit a running tournament click on Edit to access the tournament settings.
• When the tournament is over, click on End to end the tournament and display the tournament results.

Note: To get back to the starting screen with the list of tournaments, the Create and Copy buttons etc, click End and use the button seen to the right to close the tournament results.

Note: If the tournament is not over when the last level ends, the clock will continue ticking on the last blinds level until you click End.

Free Poker Timer Sound signals - The end of a level is indicated by a series of sound signals:

• Signal one minute before level ends
• Countdown during the last seconds
• Signal when the level ends

The sounds can be turned on and off by toggling the sound button (next to the help button in the top right corner).

Tournament settings

A tournament is defined by the following settings:

Buy-in/Re-buy/Add-on
The cost of buy-in, re-buys, and add-ons, as well as how many chips players receive for each one of them

Add cash
Specifies if any money is added to the prize pool, other than the buy-ins, re-buys, and add-ons

Currency
The currency used in the tournament

Players
Specifies the number of players that will participate in the tournament. You can change this number later on, even after the tournament has started.

Payout structure
Specifies how much each winning player will receive, as a percentage of the prize pool. You can define your own structure or choose one of the preset ones. When you click on a preset, the payout structure is calculated depending on the number of players you specified. The presets for ten players are not the same as the presets for 50 players, and so on. The Total percentage must equal 100.

Blinds structure
Specifies each level in the tournament: blinds, ante, level duration in minutes, the length of the break after the level (can be zero), and the duration of the re-buy period (if any). You can specify your own structure or choose one of the preset ones.

Button descriptions

• Entries Number of players that entered the tournament.
• Players Number of players left in the tournament. Click on ‘-’ each time a player is eliminated.
• Re-buys Number of re-buys done. Click on ‘+’ each time a player makes a re-buy.
• Add-ons Number of add-ons done. Click on ‘+’ for each player that takes an add-on.
• Start/Pause Click to start or pause the clock. You can also use the <Space> bar.
• Level Steps the current level of blinds up or down. When you change level, the time is reset. You can use the Time slider to adjust the remaining time for the current level.
• Time Adjusts the remaining time for the current level.
• Edit Opens the Edit dialog so you can change the settings for the tournament.
• End Ends the tournament and displays the tournament results.